grrrr

So I've been rather open about my disgruntled-ness over the choices this year for the presidential race. I don't like either of them. There I said it again. I'm the last conservative hold-out to jump on the Palin-wagon and I don't plan on jumping any time soon.

But you know what makes me REALLY crazy? And to be honest, it's from both sides. No one party has the corner on the market for seeing things one-sided, but good grief Charlie Brown, my eyes are getting dizzy from rolling too much.

This latest trick of McCain's... The American public is on tenterhooks waiting for the debates so we can actually get something besides a soundbite about where these guys supposedly stand on the issues. Now, in an attempt to get free publicity, McCain is pulling a "take my ball and go home" that is thinly veiled as a heroic action of saving the economy. Dude, I haven't seen my glasses for months and I can see right through that.

Now I keep seeing criticism that Obama doesn't care because he wasn't willing to follow McCain's lead. Personally, I think his answer that the future president has to be able to multi-task was a pretty good reply.
I've seen criticism that he is overstepping by not coming until President Bush asked him to. Personally, I think that following an opponent's directions would have been politically very stupid. There was nothing wrong with him attending the meeting as requested by the President (you know, the actual, current, president) and everything wrong with him doing so just because McCain said to.

I keep seeing all this glory, laud, and honor for McCain for "pushing for action". Hmph. From what I read, his statement said nothing about actual action being accomplished, merely that he, Obama, and the White house had to agree on something. No clause about him sitting out and "doing real work" until something is actually passed and put into place. He's just posturing to gain attention as the great bi-partisan mediator, but in reality, it's talk. He can't breeze into Washington and actually FIX anything.

Now before you think I have gone too far in decrying our noble candidate, let me say, it WAS a very clever move... it got him lots of publicity, it backed Obama into a corner, it got people talking. However, that is all it was, a political move. Depending on how it affects the debates, it very well may backfire. Don't get me wrong, I'd be just as perturbed if Obama had done it... and I'm willing to bet my morning coffee that so would all the folks calling McCain "visionary" for his "bold move."

And don't get me started on this whole "bailout."